3 potential candidates to replace Bob Melvin as SF Giants manager

3 potential candidates to replace Bob Melvin as SF Giants manager

2. Hunter Pence

If you really want to excite the fanbase with a managerial hire, hiring one of the most beloved Giants in recent memory in Hunter Pence would be about as good as you could do. Pence has remained active in baseball after retiring both as a broadcaster and with the Giants. He has been at camp in Spring Training and has showed up to reunion events.

Players on the team know him and respect him. We know he brings an unmatched energy and can motivate anyone no matter what they are going through. 

However, he can be a bit of a goofball. That’s endearing now in his current role, but it could prove grating if he was a manager especially if the team was not doing well. 

It would be so sad if Pence became manager and the team was bad because then that could taint his legacy with the Giants in some way. As of right now he is basically flawless in the eyes of Giants fans. They traded for him in 2012 and he was a massive part of both the 2012 and 2014 championships. Maybe it would be better if we just left that pure and did not allow Pence to get yelled at for how he is using the bullpen. 

But dang it, it sure would be fun if he came in and turned things around. 

This final potential candidate is another person who has been with the organization for a while.